# I don't understand how gyros meat passes food safety rules

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 14, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-how-gyros-meat-passes-food-safety-rules/707214 "2014-12-14T16:50:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-how-gyros-meat-passes-food-safety-rules/707214/41 "2017-03-31T13:46:16Z")

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> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> Interesting! The one in our town still uses a big ol’ cone, and when it’s not busy, they only flip on the broiler when they get an order. They also do not appear to do any secondary cooking of the slices. I still eat there from time to time though! It’s just so damn tasty. :o

I think you’d be run out of town here if you advertised gyros and didn’t serve it cut from the spit. 😉 Even the little ma-and-pop hamburger/hot-dog stands serve 'em on the cone. I’ve also wondered how it works with the food laws as, like your observation, I’m skeptical they finish a cone within four hours.

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**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-how-gyros-meat-passes-food-safety-rules/707214/42 "2017-03-31T22:00:15Z")

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This thread prompted me to (a) have a lamb yeeros (which seems to be taking over from kebab as the most common term in my area) which as usual was excellent and (b) look up the relevant regs.

They seem to allow a more robust handling than some of the posters above would be comfortable with:

> **[Doner kebabs](https://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/consumer/eating-out/doner-kebabs)**
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> A doner kebab is a popular take-away food consisting of thin slices cut from a cylindrical block of minced and seasoned meat (beef, lamb or chicken) grilled

And a survey of shops

[http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/\_Documents/scienceandtechnical/kebab\_poster.pdf](http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/_Documents/scienceandtechnical/kebab_poster.pdf)

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**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-how-gyros-meat-passes-food-safety-rules/707214/43 "2017-03-31T23:36:16Z")

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Yikes!

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